Please Help Fund A Student Who Is Her Parents’ Last Hope

My name is Syeda Lamia Khurshid and I wish to tell you a bit
about my life and about my parents (in some cases, they are both one and the
same).

My
father is a government service worker in Bangladesh. Government service workers
are paid less than modestly in my country. Due to my uncle getting caught
up in a scam and having a huge sum of money and properties taken away, my
father has been funding not only his own family but my uncle's too (as well as
my grandparents when they were alive). In addition to that, he also has to pay
most of the lawyer's fees to carry the case in court (to
get the properties and money back) and also has to pay the loan sharks
that my uncle had taken loans from. My uncle had refused to work for over
six years, ever since he got scammed. His wife did not work and my mother,
who used to be a designer, was forced to leave her job after her eyesight took
major damage. All in all, my father had and still has to carry a huge burden.

Now,
a bit about me.

I
had graduated high school back in June 2017. My parents' deepest wish, ever
since I was a child, was to send me abroad to study. No matter how many hurdles
they have faced and are facing, they never wanted it to affect
my life and future. They and I knew just how expensive tuition in
foreign universities could be but they still supported me and encouraged me. So
I sent my application and was accepted to Sunway University in Malaysia. I am
currently in my first Semester, studying Bachelors in Computer Science in
said university. All my life, I have been struggling to find something to be
passionate about and see myself working in that field. I enjoy art and I am an
illustrator but it was something I enjoyed as a hobby and did not see it
as a future profession. Once I reached eleventh grade, I decided to take
Computer Science on a whim. I have generally been a tech geek since childhood
due to my father’s enthusiasm towards such things. So when I was offered the
subject, I went for it. It was a decision that changed my life. My teacher
played a very big part in that. He is a brilliant man and his methods of
teaching the subject really captivated me and made me want to learn more. I was
slowly getting to know how to give life to machines and understanding things
that seemed like magic to the younger me. My parents were really happy to see
me take an interest in a subject they deemed ‘good’ so there was also the
satisfaction of making them proud. After the career guidance counselor told me
that work would pay well in such a field, it sealed the deal for me and I
decided to do my best in it. Yes, money was a big contributing factor to my
decision because I wanted to help my parents.

I
am afraid for my parents, especially for my father. As much as I am eternally
grateful for being given such an amazing opportunity, I am riddled with guilt
when I think about the stress that he is being put under. My university tuition
and living costs in Malaysia is a huge burden that got added to the already big
pressure on his shoulders. I cannot even work part-time here on my student visa
and help him out. They are pulling out everything from their savings and the
most terrifying bit to that is that my father has various illnesses including
diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney problems and the list goes on. In
addition to the pressure making his health get worse, the almost empty savings
account means that if, God forbid, something were to happen to him, we would
have almost no money to treat him.

Many
people have told my parents to just cut ties with my uncle and his family and
concentrate on themselves, but my parents are some of the kindest and purest
people to exist. My father's love for all his siblings is unconditional and he
would never even think of abandoning them. My mother had tried to talk sense to
him at many points but she realized that arguing with my father on the topic
would do him more harm than good so she has given up on it.

I
was sent to Malaysia, not only so I could build up my future, but also to save
my parents from their misery. They put all their hope and also their own
futures in my hands. And I promised to work harder than I have ever
before to make sure that I can save and protect them. But if something were to
happen before I graduate University, then I would have no way to keep that
promise.

Please,
if you are able, if you have even just a little to spare, please help me pay
for my tuition and dorm rent so that at least this burden can be lessened from
my parents' shoulders. I would have loved to talk more about myself here and
tell more about my passion for computer science and what I wish to do in the
future, but the issue with my parents is more pressing to me. By donating to
me, you will not only save one person, but an entire family.

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